Omaha daily bee., 1887-03-07
IT GETS ANOTHER BLACK EYE
Lincoln Policy Holders Go Back on the
Beatrice Insurance Concern.
THE ADvIsoRY3BoARD RESIGNS.
A Called Meeting OF the Board of
Trade Which Failed to Materi-
alizc-The Belt Line Incor.
porated-City News.
rFRoM THE BEES L1NcoIN BuRrAu.l

BeneVOIent ASSOCIATION, mas received Il
black eye from the capital city. Some
time since couple of agents of the con-
cern came to Lincoln. opened an Office
and, to add home Endorsement to the
outfit that man cannot get even with
in death, an advisory board was formed.
With a generous display of advertising,
and the moral support gwen by the names
OF the advisory board, the Western Mu-
tual Benevolent association had fairly
reasonable good standing and prospect
for business. Whether this advisory
board was secured through liberal
amount of gratuitous policy writing the
eX.members say not but grists of such
policies have been written for about that
kind of compensation. This advisory
board, which has been standing practi-
calIy sponsor for the company, has evi.
IDENTIFY taken warning at the recent ex.
pose OF the company's manner of doing
business, and to satisfy themselves that
thev were not being used to help along
crippled institution not worthy of the
public, they sent one of their number to
headquarters to investigate. The result
has been that the board are dissatisfied
and publish the following card to the
public:
We the undersigned policy holders in the
Western Mutual Benevolent association and
members Of the advisory board, having sent
member of our committee to the home office
OF said association at beatrice, Neb., to in.
veStigate the system of management of sid
ASSOCIATION, find from the report of the COM
mittee that the system and management of
said association does not meet our approval.
we therefore withdraw our former recon-
lnendations of said insurance company and
dissolve said advisory board
The report is signed by the following
well known citizens: H. Il. Randall, g.
A. Atkinson, J. o. Dawson, r. b. Graham,
}. II. Miller, +. r. Sizer, J. f. Driesbach,
these gentleman MIR. Randall is the for
mer immigration agent of the B. Il NJ,
Mr.. Graham is former county treasurer,
MIR. Miller prominent merchant, Mr..
Sizer clerk of the courts and Mr.. Davis
an attorney. From the published state
ment OF these parties the concern stands
indicted This advisory board was
formed and fairly put MIR .Sabin's scheme
on a respectable footing in Lincoln:
Shortly after the BEES expose of the
rotten and wholly unbusiness-lke way IN
which the Beatrice institution was run,
MIR. Sabln dropped into Lincoln one night
and the Lincoln Journal-which is al.
ways happy and in its normal state of
AhiuN WhCu DOlotClilS up u lEduu-RiVC
two column interview to SaDin to pro.
test against the exposure. 1t is mildly
hinted that Editor Gere was reimbursed
for the outlay of space by policy in the
graveyard company, which, though a
little high figure for the space, was pre-
sumably good Investment. The advisory
board now add to the value of Sabin's
talk on the wealth and worth of the insti-
tuition.
MEETING THAT DID NOT MEET.
A meeting of the Lincoln board of
trade was called for Saturday evening,
but it failed utterly to naterialize. 1t
may be an open question whether the
city has such an organization at all any
more, for insofar as transacting any buSi-
ness is concerned the board is evidently
nil. In the past nine months there has
been but one gathering at all under the
board OF trade call, and that was simply
regulation" meeting, held in tho
sweet summer time when the soul of the
State journal company and few of its
officials did not know their business in
the construction of sewerage system
for the city. The meeting at that time
was called to "have things done prop
erly," and because the city council had
seen fit to secure the city engineer of
Omaha to supervise the sewer construc-
tion the 'regulators' were out in force.
them at that time that the board has lain
dormant ever since. There was nothing
whatever specified in the call for the
meeting OF the board Saturday even
ing, but it was generally under.
stood that in the charter matter OF
something of that character the city gov
ernment needed little introduction and
or another knew just the proper way, and
the meeting was to put it in motion. When
the BEE visited the place of meeting the
hour was long past tor the gathering and
a half dozen were at the foot of the hall
way ready to return. One of the as
sembled ones spoke out in the way of val
edictory that the trouble seemed to be
that the board Of trade was not such, but
was used by o few parties who were loud
and ANXIOUS to have public committees tC
regulate improvements, but who were
meek and lOwly tax dodgers when the as
E SCISSORS made their rounds. Mr.. Hum
phrey, the president Of the board, woulC
Zens whose names are on the roll OF mem
bership come to the front and assist ir
placing the organization on its feet fOl
some practical work for the coming year
Were the board placed in this position i
would cease being made refuge for Jh'
use of those who aim to gain notorlcty il
taking matters out of their regular chan
glory and taxation are separate and dis
i. tnct
THE BELT LINE MATERIALIzED.
The formal incorporation of the Lin
coin Belt Line railroad, heretofore an
nounced, has been consummated and th'
citizens of Lincoln now view it in it
business bearings. The capital stock O
the company IS fixed at $4,000 an,
&. w. Mosher, w. IL. b. Stout, j. ID
Mcfarland, +. l. Foss. j. w. Deweese, j
}. Imhof and L. M. Marquett are tn
incorporators. A glance ut the lis
shows that the b. l. NJ are practicall
behind the movement, and such is tn
universal opinion. Mr.. Stout has sew
eral hundred acres just south of the cit
that with the building of the line woul,
make valuable suburban property. Mr.
lmhof is one of the heavy owners in tn
West Lincoln town site and the interest
\ at that point Mr.. Mcfarland has heav
interests Mt the fair grounds and vicniy
and Mr.. Foss in the past month has bee
n heavy investor in outside property. Al
of which is in evidence that the incorpC
rators are directly interested in the con
struction of the line which, in the mind
of many, will 60 far toward an assul
onoa that tna road will ha h,,iIt Erny